AI Software Engineer - Discovery

2 Months ago • 4 Years + • $200,000 PA - $280,000 PA

Research Development

Job Description

Perplexity, a rapidly growing AI-powered answer engine founded in December 2022, is seeking Software Engineers to develop the next generation of AI discovery experiences. This role involves building product solutions from infrastructure to machine learning, integrating various content sources, and boosting user engagement. Responsibilities include creating user and content signals for recommendations, developing query understanding models for diverse verticals like shopping, sports, and finance, and working flexibly across the entire recommendation system stack. Collaboration with product managers and partner engineers is key to ensure high-quality deliverables to end-users.

Must Have:

Strong programming skills across recommendation/LLM stacks
Experience training/productionizing DNN/Transformer models
Experience with LLM APIs for fine-tuning/prototyping
Understands model tradeoffs
Self-motivated with ownership
Passion for shipping quality products
4+ years of industry experience

Perks:

Equity may be part of compensation
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) plan

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Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine founded in December 2022 and growing rapidly as one of the world’s leading AI platforms. Perplexity has raised over $1B in venture investment from some of the world’s most visionary and successful leaders, including Elad Gil, Daniel Gross, Jeff Bezos, Accel, IVP, NEA, NVIDIA, Samsung, and many more. Our objective is to build accurate, trustworthy AI that powers decision-making for people and assistive AI wherever decisions are being made. Throughout human history, change and innovation have always been driven by curious people. Today, curious people use Perplexity to answer more than 780 million queries every month–a number that’s growing rapidly for one simple reason: everyone can be curious.

Perplexity is seeking Software Engineers to help build next generation of AI discovery experience. In this role, you'll bring different source of curated or LLM generated content and build discovery product solutions from infra to ML to bring them to all users to boost the engagement.

Responsibilities

Build various types of user and content signals for content recommendation
Build various types of query understanding models to power many different vertical contents including shopping, sports, finance and more
Flexible to work across the entire recommendation system stack to deliver various types of models and contents to end users in a scalable and performant way
Partner with Product manager and partner team engineers to ensure fast and high quality deliverable to end users

Qualifications

Strong programming skills with the ability to work across the stack in a typical recommendation system or LLM stack
Experience in training and productionizing DNN and Transformer architecture models
Experience in working with other LLM APIs to complete tasks like fine tuning, prompt mining or prototyping new ideas
Understands how to make tradeoffs in using different models
Self-motivated with a willingness to take ownership of tasks
A passion for shipping quality products
4+ years of industry experience

The cash compensation range for this role is $200,000 - $280,000.

Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including, experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Equity: In addition to the base salary, equity may be part of the total compensation package.
Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Includes a 401(k) plan.